How can you keep that child or grandchild small forever?

How would you finish this sentence?
Dear Mom,________________________

Hope you will follow the links for some sweet surprises!

This Blue Jean Baby has crafting to do!

Help me decide on the perfect re-purposing project for a stack of old jeans! 

It's That Time of Year

Check out the graduation cards, available in any school colors, uniquely styled with dimensional caps and gowns, gold or silver embossing, or other customized styles. You can find these at For Your Love.

One stop end of the school year shopping!

Check out Teacher Appreciation, Mother's Day, and Graduation gifts at Every Little Thing and gift bags/boxes and cards at For Your Love!

Please stop by this weekend and check out our ch-ch-ch-changes!

Monkey & Scooter is doing some spring cleaning! There are going to be some new blogs in town, each one covering a different area of interest! I guess you could say Monkey & Scooter will be the jukebox to hold all the records--you pick which one you want to play, or play all of them. And it's free!

Monkey & Scooter will no longer have "pages." instead it will just have links in the sidebar to each of the blogs.  I am really excited about this new look. 

Two of the new sites opened yesterday. I hope you will come back regularly and check out new items and articles as I share them.

Bell Bottom Blues is all about denim, just denim.  Such a wonderfully versatile fabric and those old jeans (stained, torn, tattered, splattered, worn) are meant to be repurposed and recycled! Share your ideas and find out what others are doing with theirs! This blogspot started off with a call for your input, a contest. Please comment with your favorite way to repurpose a pair of jeans.  

For Your Love is the home of Monkey & Scooter's stationery items---greeting cards, invitations, announcements, bookmarks, journals, etc. Slowly, but surely, the items from Monkey & Scooter will be transferred to For Your Love and lots of new ideas will be shared, as well. 

(Update 4/27 Every Little Thing is now up and running, in time for graduation, teacher appreciation and Mother's Day)
Every Little Thing is the new home of Monkey & Scooter's gift items--unique ornaments, purses, and other very special items handcrafted for very special people and very special events.

Hopefully, most of these will also be "playing" by the weekend:
It's In the Way That You Use It---with lots of ideas for recycling, upcycling, repurposing, and reusing.
Pretending---costumes and fantasy apparel ideas for your own use and some ready for your purchase
A White Room---home and office decor ideas for those with Coca Cola tastes and Sam's Cola pocketbooks. 
The Shape You're In---meal plans, exercise ideas, ideas to get the family off the Xbox and Pinterest; tips for a healthier living (so you can keep Slowhandgroupie accountable on her quest for a healthier life!)
Let it Grow!---questions I want to ask in hopes that someone will help me start growing some veggies and fruits (again, so you can keep Slowhandgroupie accountable)
My Father's Eyes---parenting tips and ideas gathered for parents at all stages of parenting; words of encouragement and inspiration for those a step behind us, and how our parents'influence our parenting.
Keep on Growing---lessons learned along the way as we are forever maturing.
Strange Brew---out of the ordinary recipes and cooking tips
Tell the Truth---current events, history trivia, and how government and politics affect us
Key to the Highway---vacation and travel ideas, out of the way places and small town paces.
I've Got a Rock & Roll Heart---music music music....incorporating music into "every little thing" we do
Something's Happening---party ideas and supplies from Monkey & Scooter
SMILE Mail---a very special customized service available soon!

Thanks for checking back!

Changes are coming

Please excuse the mess or confusion. Monkey & Scooter is in the process of revamping our little piece of cyber space.  Please visit Bell Bottom Blues and For Your Love while updates are being made to this website.

Graduation and Mother's Day!

A card for any school, color, mascot is a thoughtful addition to that gift package, or a lovely way to give a gift card or check to your special graduate (kindergarten, middle school, high school, or college) and a cardfolio is a great little alternative for that grad going away to college--to hold gift cards, food cards, gas card.

A cardfolio is also great for a family who has lost their home--to hold grocery cards, money cards; for someone with family member in hospital for extended stay--fast food, restaurant, money cards; for wedding or baby gifts from a group--money cards, cards for registry sites; for Mother's Day--spa themed gift cards; for a special anniversary couple--restaurant, theatre, dessert, hotel gift cards.

A cardfolio can be a unique way to give school photos to grandparents, or special wedding shots to wedding party members. It can be designed in any color, masculine or feminine: camping, sports, spa day, date night theme, new baby, graduation, floral, animal, auto, motorcycle, military, religious, child, teen, senior citizen, travel, etc.... You can think up a theme or design, we can make it.

 

 

 

 

It's a dress, it's a uniform, it's a costume....it's a Wonder Woman apron!

My daughter has been a Diana Prince fan since she was old enough to put together a 10 piece wooden puzzle of Wonder Woman in 1981.  A few months ago, she came across pictures of super hero aprons and, of course, her favorite was Wonder Woman.  So, for her birthday last month, I promised her an apron.

She found several pictures on the internet and voted for her faves.  I thought it would be a breeze, but piecing together different patterns is not as easy for me as it is for my sister, Seamtress Sally, who draws bridesmaids dresses on brown paper bags and uses those to make dresses for an entire wedding party's apparel.

But, even though it was a month late, I managed to make Wonder Woman's apron. (This is really ironic because dutiful daughter, The Princess, doesn't cook much....Prince Charming does most of the cooking in their castle.)

Anyway, here is the finished product. And WW was happy with her alternate ego apron.

 

Less than 10 minutes after I posted pictures on Facebook, I had orders for 3 more!